IMAGE: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist party of China and the People's Republic of China's president, was received at Moscow airport by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko and not Russian President Vladmir Putin as expected. Photograph: Kommersant Photo/Anatoliy Zhdanov via Reuters
IMAGE: Xi arrives at the Kremlin to meet with Putin. Photograph: Sputnik/Alexei Maishev/Pool via Reuters
IMAGE: Putin greets Xi. Photograph: Sputnik/Sergei Karpukhin/Pool via Reuters
IMAGE: Some commentators made much of Putin tightly grasping the arm of his chair and shaking his foot often during the meeting as signs that the Russian leader is unwell, either with cancer or Parkinson's disease. Photograph: Sputnik/Sergei Karpukhin/Pool via Reuters
Photograph: Sputnik/Sergei Karpukhin/Pool via Reuters
Photograph: Sputnik/Sergei Karpukhin/Pool via Reuters
Photograph: Sputnik/Sergei Karpukhin/Pool via Reuters
IMAGE: Law enforcement officers stand guard next to barriers installed near the Kremlin. Photograph: Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters
Photographs curated by Manisha Kotian/Rediff.com
Feature Presentation: Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com
